held up towards rear, headway approaching 4 out, soon pushed along, chased leaders 2 out, stayed on strongly to lead closing stages
tracked leaders, driven to challenge approaching 2 out, kept on same pace
disputed lead until overall leader 2 out, strongly challenged last, headed towards finish, no extra
mid-division, headway 2 out, soon no impression
behind, under pressure 3 out, soon beaten
mid-division, headway after 4 out, chased leaders next, hard driven to challenge last, kept on same pace
raced keenly tracking leaders, weakened 3 out
disputed lead until 2 out, soon weakened
mid-division, headway 3 out, chased leader next, ridden and every chance just after last, kept on well
mid-division, headway before 2 out, soon chasing leaders, not fluent last, stayed on well, never troubled leaders
mid-division, weakened before 4 out
held up in rear, pushed along approaching 4 out, soon beaten
always in rear, struggling 4 out, soon beaten
French bumper winner Twist Pistol makes his hurdling debut for Paul Nicholls here and is sure to know his job, while there should be more to come from recent maiden hurdle winner Bunclody. Bally Legend could figure if forgiven his latest below par effort and better is expected from Grey Gold back over a shorter trip. However, THE CHAZER is worth sticking with here having got off the mark at Newbury last month. The form looks rock-solid with a previous winner in second and third-placed Rawaaj having won since and Richard Lee's charge is fancied to follow-up.
Arthurian Legend 9-4fav (11-11) Prominent, mistake 3rd, ridden and weakened after 3 out, tailed off, last of 18, well behind Furrows (11-4) at Wincanton 2m nov hdl (4) sft in Jan.
Bally Legend 13-2 (11-4) Prominent, left in lead 3rd, mistake and headed 3 out, weakened soon after, 9th of 15, 36l behind Via Galilei (10-12) at Newbury 2m hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gs in Mar.
Bunclody 13-8fav (10-6) Tracked leader, led before last, kept on well and edged left run-in, won at Newcastle 2m mdn hdl (5) hvy in Feb beating Lucky Sunny (11-2) by 6l, 13 ran.
Cody Wyoming 100-1 (11-0) Held up towards rear, not fluent and hampered 1st, headway approaching 5th, went 2nd bypassing normal 2 out, led bypassing normal last, ran on, won at Lingfield 2m mdn hdl (5) gs in Mar beating Petit Ecuyer (11-0) by 1 3/4l, 20 ran.
Grey Gold (IRE) 9-1 (11-8) Mid-division, headway 3 out, hit 2 out, weakened next, 4th of 14, 24l behind Maringo Bay (10-13) at Ffos Las 2m 4f NH nov hdl (4-7yo) (4) sft in Feb.
Street Dance (IRE) 28-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, headway 4th, chased leaders next, led 2 out, ran on strongly, impressive, won at Ffos Las 2m NH mdn hdl (4) gd in Mar beating Di Kaprio (11-0) by 6l, 10 ran.
The Chazer (IRE) 7-1 (11-11) Tracked leaders, gradually switched right after 3 out, led flat, ridden out, won at Newbury 2m nov hcp hdl 0-120 (3) sft in Mar beating Alcalde (11-6) by 1l, 12 ran.
Twist Pistol (FR) (10-5) won at Pau(FR) 2m 1f 4yo hdl sft in Jan beating Tipperary Car (10-5) by 2 1/2l, 13 ran.
Grovemere (IRE) 6-4fav (11-0) Tracked leaders, reminders halfway, weakened 4f out, 6th of 8, 32l behind Valley Lad (11-0) at Ffos Las 1m 6f nhf (5) sft in Nov.
High Benefit (IRE) 2-1fav (11-5) Held up towards rear, headway 4 out to chase leaders, weakened before last, 4th of 9, 16l behind Definitley Lovely (10-9) at Doncaster 2m 3f mares NH nov hdl (4) gd in Mar.
Priest Island (IRE) Heron Island gelding out of Chapel Field.
Tickle Me (IRE) 50-1 (11-4) Took keen hold in mid-division, weakened over 4f out, tailed off, 10th of 16, 46l behind Cheltenian (11-4) at Kempton 2m mdn NH flat (5) gs in Feb.
Todareistodo 28-1 (11-3) Held up in rear, effort on outside over 2f out, soon outpaced, 7th of 11, 14l behind Denali Highway (10-10) at Uttoxeter 2m NH flat (6) gs in Mar.
Flyit Flora 4-1 (10-11) Mid-division, headway 7f out, ridden over 4f out, went 3rd over 2f out, one pace, well held over 1f out, 3rd of 10, 15l behind Themilanhorse (10-11) at Newton Abbot 2m 1f cond NH flat (6) gs in Mar.
